Cigar-cutter.



J. R. POLLOCK & w. SGHREIBER. 1m CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8; 1909. 11123121731) TUNE 16, 1910.

980', 1 23. Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. POLLOGK, F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, AND WILLIAM SCHREIBER, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID POLLOC K ASSIGNOB 'I'O SAID SGHREIBER.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Application filed August 6, 1909, Serial No. 511,580.

I To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES R. POLLOOK and WILLIAM SCHREIBER, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of Jersey City,- Hudson county, New Jersey, and borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front partly sectional view of our improved combined cigar cutter and lighter, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation, partly sectional view, like Fig. 1, showing the relative position of the parts when the cutter is depressed.

Our invention relates to cigar store utensils, and consists of the cigar cutter and lighter as herein shown and described, particularly in devising and combining the several features thereof.

The base 1 of the device is in the form of an urn or bowl with a cover composed of the rim 2, removably secured to the flange of the urn, and of the parts 32 and 32 forming the central portion thereof. The two parts 32 and 32 of the cover 2 are hinged together, and the pivot 12, joining them, is secured in the rim 2. An arch 3 is superimposed above the cover, and preferably made integral therewith, and thereon the cutter-tube 4, and also the lamp 5, are mounted; the latter being, for the sake of symmetry, ofiset by an ornamental enlargement 6, of the other base of the arch 3. The cutter-tube is set approximately in the center of the arch 6, and the tubular cutter 7, movably fitted therein, and provided with a sharp cutting edge 7 at its lower end, is slotted at 8 to admit pin 8, set diametrically in tube 4 when the cutter is depressed. The coiled spring 9, inserted in the cutter, rests on pin 8, and is set to press against the head 21 of the cutter, its object being to return the cutter to its original position after its operation upon a cigar.

Lugs 10 are secured to cutter 7; they project through the slots 33, made at two diametrically opposed points in the lower portion of cutter-tube 4, and the parts 32 and 32 of the cover are pivotally connected, one, to each of the lugs 10, by links 13. Thus when the cutter 7 is depressed, links 13,

Specification of Letters Patent.

v i l l l l Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Renewed June 15, 1910. Serial No. 567,072.

acting upon the parts 32 and 32 move them into the position shown in Fig. 3, in which they form two planes sloping into the bowl or urn 1; consequently, the tip of the cigar, inserted in the opening 14 of the cuttertube 4, drops into the urn or bowl, when out off by depressing the cutter. When the spring 9 returns the cutter 7 to its original position, links 13 draw up the parts 32 and 32' of the cover to close the receptacle. The lid 2, asshown in the drawing, is in the shape of a bowl, which may be utilized for depositing thereon the ashes and stumps of cigars, and these are similarly conveyed to the urn or bowl 1 every time the cigar cutter is put to use.

Lamp 5 is preferably filled with alcohol, or some other readil inflammable liquid fuel, and a wick 15 is inserted therein so as to draw the alcohol in the usual way to the top opening of the lamp. Closely adjoining the opening of lamp 5, where wick 15 projects, an anvil wheel 16 is provided, and a strip of percussion caps is wound on a roller 22 and led over the anvil wheel 16, under the roller 23 and over roller 24. It is held in contact with the last roller by roller 25, the two being a part of the feeding mechanism for the strip. A ratchet wheel 26 is set on the axle of roller 25, and a pawl 27, secured to cutter 7, engages with it, shifting ratchet wheel 26 the distance of one toot-h at every depression of cutter 7. By these means a fresh percussion cap is moved at each depression of cutter 7 upon the anvil wheel 16 in position to be struck by hammer 17, whole handle 18 is fulcrumed in brackets 17 Spring 19, wound on the pivot 20 of the handle 18, is set to press the hammer 17 upon the anvil wheel 16. The rear end of handle 18 is bifurcated and appropriately curved to embrace the cutter 7 underneath its head 21, wherewith the handle 18 engages at each depression of the cutter 7 and thereby hammer 17 is raised against the action of spring 19. When the cutter 7 is released, after the tip of the cigar is cut, the handle 18 of the hammer 17, being thereby released, spring 19, re-acting, causes the hammer 17 to hit the percussion cap on the anvil wheel by a swift hard stroke similarly to the action of the cock of a gun. In place of this mechanism an electrical make and break circuit device, to be operated in the same manner by the motions of the cutter as the handle 18 of the hammer, may be used.

The percussion caps used in our device are of the kind producing a flame, and this flame, owing'to the form of the hammer, and the direction of its motion, is directed against the wick 15, saturated with alcohol or other inflammable liquid, and lights it, thus providing means for lighting the cigar. A cap 30, attached to the lamp on a short chain 31, serves to cover up the lamp and thereby to extinguish the flame, after use is made thereof.

We claim as our invention 2- 1. The combination with a receptacle, of a cover, composed of a stationary frame and of a movable part, hinged thereto; an arch over the cover, a spring actuated cutter, mounted thereon, and links, pivotally connected with the cutter, and the movable part of the cover to actuate the latter by the motions of the cutter.

2. The combination with a receptacle for cigar tips, ashes, etc., of a frame, mounted thereon, a cover composed of two wings, hinged together and set in the frame, an arch surmounting the cover, a spring actuated cutter set in the arch, and links, pivotally connecting the cutter with the wings of the cover, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination with a spring actuated cigar cutter, of a receptacle for cigar tips, ashes, etc., means for supporting the cutter above the receptacle, a frame on the receptacle, a cover, composed of two wings hinged in the frame and means operatively connecting the Wings with the cutter, to open the receptacle when the cover is depressed and to close it again when the cutter returns to its normal position, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. A combined cigar cutter and receptacle for cigar tips, ashes, etc., comprising a vessel, a frame mounted thereon, a cover, composed of two wings, hinged together in the frame; an arch, surmounting the cover, a cutter set in the arch, a spring set to return the cutter to its original position when released after being depressed, to perform the cutting operation; links pivotally connected to the cutter and to the wings of the cover, substantially as herein shown and described.

JAMES R. POLLOCK. WILLIAM SCHREIBER. Witnesses:

M. A. HELMKE, A. F HADDEN. 

